Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo (a.k.a. Le Comte de Monte Cristo) is a French-Italian four-part miniseries based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père.
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| Written by | Alexandre Dumas, père (novel) Didier Decoin |
| Directed by | Josée Dayan |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
| Country of origin | France Italy |
| Original language | French |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jean-Pierre Guérin |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
| Running time | 100 minutes (per episode) |
| Original release | |
| Release | 7 September 1998 |
Plot edit
Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body to find the treasure Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Cast edit
- Gérard Depardieu as Edmond Dantès
- Sergio Rubini as Bertuccio
- Ornella Muti as Mercedès Igualada
- Jean Rochefort as Fernand Mondego
- Pierre Arditi as Villefort
- Florence Darel as Camille de la Richardais
- Georges Moustaki as Abbé Faria
- Guillaume Depardieu as young Edmond
- Naike Rivelli as young Mercedès
- Julie Depardieu as Valentine de Villefort
- Christopher Thompson as Maximilien Morrel
- Stanislas Merhar as Albert de Morcerf
- Hélène Vincent as Heloise de Villefort
- Michel Aumont as Baron Danglars
- Constanze Engelbrecht as Hermine Danglars
- Roland Blanche as Caderousse
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Père Morrel
- Inés Sastre as Haydée
- Serge Merlin as Noirtier de Villefort
- Jean-Marc Thibault as Barrois
- Thierry de Peretti as Toussaint
- Patrick Bouchitey as Beauchamp
- Frédéric Gorny as Château-Renaud
- Stéphan Guérin-Tillié as Franz d'Épinay
- Dominique Besnehard as Defense Attorney
- Julien Rochefort as the young Fernand Mondego
- Dimitri Rataud as the young Danglars
- Michel Bompoil as the young Villefort
- Arthur Nauzyciel as the young Caderousse
- Didier Lesour as Boville
- Daniel Martin as Doctor d'Avrigny
- Micheline Presle as Madame de Saint Meran
- Roger Dumas as Cocles
- Mattia Sbragia as Luigi Vampa
- Ubaldo Lo Presti as Pepino
- Jacques Boudet as President of the Assembly of Peers
- Albert Delpy as The host of a show
External links edit
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) at IMDb
